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POTTERY OF THE ANCIENT PUEBLOS. 



example is shown in Fig. 253. We shall appreciate the cleverness of 

 this work more fully when we remember that the separate thumb inden- 



23. — Indented pattern. 



tations forming the figures of the pattern are made in each coil as it is 

 laid and pressed into place and before the succeeding turn is made. 



These curious decorative effects were still further elaborated by di 

 versifying the character of the indentations of the coil. In Fig. 224: 



FIG. 224.— Nail indentations. 



we have a most successful effort in this direction. The fillets are alter- 

 nately crimped and plain. The thumb, in pressing down the one, has 



